Derbesia rhizophora Yamada 1961
Publication Details
Derbesia rhizophora Yamada 1961: 123, fig. 2
Published in: Yamada, Y. (1961). Two new species of marine algae from Japan. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel, Section D, Botany 10(D): 121-125.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Derbesia is Derbesia marina (Lyngbye) Solier.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Horie pier, Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. (Collected by S. Yagi)."; (Yamada 1961: 123)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 November 2015
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Distributional note
Introduced into the Thau Lagoon (Mediterranean France) probably in the early 1970s or 1980s (Verlaque 2001; Verlaque et al. 2015: 279). It is "well established" (2015) in the Etang de Thau (Verlaque et al. 2015: 279), and there have been no reports from other locations in the Mediterranean. - (23 February 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 November 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 April 2025
